Yamaha emailed me all the new price lists with new and old gear with an effective date of 3/1/2009.
First, you need to know that prices on most current models will be going up! I was told that Yamaha Japan felt the need to go up before the end of the year but have postponed this until March, 2009.

the PSRS900 will be going up to $2299 retail and the MAP will be $1699.

The Tyros3's retail will be $5499.00 with a map of $3999.99

The PSRS700 retail will be going to $1399. but the MAP will remain the same at $999.99.

The YPG635 will be going up to $1299 Retail and the map will go up to $899.

There are two new models in the lower end.
The PSRE223 and the PSRE323. These will replace the current 213 and 313 models and the prices will remain the same as these older models.

In the Motif and MO series, only the prices are going up a bit but no new models are being introduced.

The Yamaha Stagepas series are all going up a few dollars but the Stagepas 150M keyboard amp is coming down $50 in MAP to $399.

The good news is that these price increases will not be in effect until March 1. So, if you are thinking of one of these products, you might want to buy before the price increases.

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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

Out of all those listed it's wrong that the MO series is going up considering the sound set is from the dated Motif ES..., and there's better options out there now. Yamaha should keep those prices on the MO's exactly where they are so they can keep buyers for this aging line.

The MO6's challengers are the Korg M50 and Roland Juno-G.... The Juno sells for the same price, but does more. The M50 is just about $100 more, but it too has bit of a lead on the MO line.

Sounds like a classic "sales booster" run. Let the public know you're going to jack your prices.., so get your orders in now before it's too late. I wouldn't be surprised if Korg or Roland dropped theirs a few bucks just to give Yammie the middle finger on this one.

George... Are the MotifXS and MO series prices going up at the same percentage that arranger prices are, or are we arranger users getting soaked again, as always?

Get your umbrella Diki

Nah, Yamaha will still sell them. They know their market. There's no rain where there are no clouds.

Actually, the Motifs are up a lot more than the arrangers.
Motif XS8 old map $3199. New Map is $3599
Motif XS7 old map $2799. New Map is $3199
Motif XS6 old map $2199. New Map is $2399
I think the reason for such a big increase is the fact that these models are made in Japan. Most of the Arrangers are made in Indonesia or China and didn't go up as much in MAP prices. The retail on arrangers went up more than the map prices. Most MAPs only went up $100 from last years prices or didn't change at all.
The MO8 price didn't change but the MO6 is up from Map $999 to new Map of $1099.
The MM8 and MM6 did not change at all.


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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

I wonder if the the Korg M3's going up. They just had a big price drop not too long ago.., and Yamaha pushing their prices up $200 on the XS6 just might help Korg sell a few more M3's.

So the arranger MAP's didn't go up so much because we were ALREADY getting soaked at the time?

Sorry, couldn't help that one!

I don't about you folks, but from my perspective arrangers are the best buy in town these days--even with a price increase. It wasn't too many years ago when you purchased a top end arranger with 35 styles, a couple dozen voices, limited floppy access, and the price tag was about $2,400. You couldn't do much more than play them unless you had some archaic, complicated software, a maze or midi connections, and the results were marginal at best. Today, the same amount of money will buy one hell of an arranger keyboard, loaded with styles, onboard recording software, incredible storage space, outstanding sounds and in some instances, a hard disk drive. A decade ago, when I purchased my PSR-5700, a package like that would have sold for $10,000 if you were lucky enough to find it.

Thanks for the information George,

Gary

IM wondering if cost went up accordingly or did they give dealers "breathing room". I find out tomorrow, I saw the MAP prices but did not see the nets,